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Trip To China
Anton Schwartz Quartet performs in Shanghai
May 1-7, 2004

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Anton warming up on stage. Typical Shanghai in the background: big futuristic buildings everywhere, with more feverishly under construction 'round the clock.
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Fred Randolph & Anton Schwartz perform to a welcoming crowd (on a drizzly day).
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Anton muses at a familiar likeness on a Chinese billboard.
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Performing on the "Blue Stage" by the lake in Century Park.
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Girl relaxing in Century Park.
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This beautiful (if touristy) Old Town area of Shanghai was our first glimpse of traditional Chinese buildings. As it turns out, practically none of Shanghai looks anything this image of China. The city is a megalopolis of 17 million that, in appearance, out-Westerns us Westerners. (P.S. Notice the Starbucks?)
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Shanghai has always been a commercial city. But its current enthusiasm for capitalism sometimes boggles the mind.
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When it comes to futuristic, Shanghai architecture leaves us in the dust. This is a view of Pudong from the Bund (the banks of the central river that runs through the town). The little buildings you see are skyscrapers. The big structure on the left is the Pearl Tower (468 meters). That's almost a third of a mile tall!
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Closeup of some Shanghai buildings, including the base of the Pearl Tower (raised sphere with "legs"). Ok, I confess -- I scanned this one from a postcard.
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Fred Randolph, Adam Shulman and Anton Schwartz on the mainstage in the late afternoon.
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Anton's attractive, blue friend Sky visits Tiananmen Square.
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Little girl on her scooter in Shanghai's Century Park.
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A before & after sequence I made of little Chinese kids going to town on the festival sponsor's inflatable likeness. The American behemoth is no match for the little masses!

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